Load shedding is back: Eskom plunges South Africa into Stage 2 today

Eskom on Tuesday announced that it will be implementing Stage 2 load shedding throughout the day “due to a shortage of capacity”.

#PowerAlert Due to a shortage of capacity stage 2 loadshedding is to be implemented from 9 am to 11pm today. Media statement with more details to follow @CityPowerJhb @City_Ekurhuleni @CityTshwane @CityofJoburgZA @CityofCT @ewnupdates @SABCNewsOnline @IOL @eNCA @SAgovnews

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) October 16, 2019

Naturally, the news angered South Africans, who took to Twitter to express themselves.

I thought government gave Eskom money to sort out their problems. Now we have to suffer #Loadshedding pic.twitter.com/6qTbUy8dfO

— Theo The Ninja™ (@Yung_TheoLogyZA) October 16, 2019

It’s strange whenever @Eskom_SA wants tariff hike we get subjected to #loadshedding . There are heartless people at that company.

— Richardson Mzaidume (@hlubizer) October 16, 2019

Eskom is evil like y’all stopped for the entire year not giving us #Loadshedding. In summer guys? Really? You should have done this back in January to April but no you want to ruin our December pic.twitter.com/N18K8pcBKO

— IG:ProsperQD (@prosper_qd) October 16, 2019

Again???!!! #Loadshedding for fuck sake…!!!! Can people in this country just do their fucking jobs properly, and plan ahead…… #Eskom #Satafrica pic.twitter.com/ck6ZqSlWEM

— Darth Satyr 🏳️‍🌈🇿🇦 (@DarthSatyr) October 16, 2019

#Loadshedding is back 😔 pic.twitter.com/icGT513PIR

— Malema cleo (@latimalema) October 16, 2019

Back in February, Eskom crippled the country by implementing Stage 4 power outages. This time around, however, it’s unclear if load shedding will continue into the rest of the week.

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